Coaches Rising

In this powerful episode with John Churchill we explore how we can navigate an age of profound transformation by developing a living cosmological map—one that integrates the sacred, the imaginal, and the developmental dimensions of human experience. Together we examine alignment, coherence, planetary purpose, and the role of desire, relationship, and embodied practice in calling forth the future w...

In this conversation with guest Sophia Mose, we explore the transformative power of Internal Family Systems (IFS), unpacking the relationship between Self, parts, burdens, and the inner dynamics that shape us. Together we examine the importance of doing our own inner work, cultivating self-leadership, and bringing greater curiosity, presence, and compassion to our relationships with ourselves and...

In this episode with Michael Hudson we explore how leaders can move beyond old ways of operating and develop the emotional, relational, and meaning-making capacities needed to navigate complexity. Michael speaks to possibility thinking, collective sense-making, values-led action, and why a compass—not a plan—may be the most powerful guide for creating meaningful change in an uncertain world. For m...

In this thought-provoking conversation, futurist and philosopher-activist Richard David Hames explores why today's global challenges may be less a story of collapse and more a sign of profound transformation, inviting us to rethink leadership, how we think, and the assumptions that shape how we make sense of the world. Together we examine the shifts in thinking, language, integrity, and collec...

In this conversation with David Burns we explore explore how lasting transformation emerges through the integration of inner awareness, intentional practice, and skillful engagement with everyday life. Together we discuss everything from longing, presence, and constructive coaching presuppositions to training the brain, anchoring wholeness, and cultivating consistent practice. For more resources,...

In this episode we speak with Adam Kahane and Jennifer Garvey Berger about the enduring tension between love and power, and how this cultural moment is inviting us into a deeper understanding of justice, interdependence, and collective flourishing. Together, we explore how individual and collective development, nervous system resilience, and an expanded sense of kinship can help us move beyond fra...

In this episode with Marvin Oka, we explore the art of coherent decision-making in complex systems, weaving together adaptive leadership, self-organising dynamics, paradigmatic metaphors, and the deeper role of vision, values, and feedback loops in transformational change. The conversation also dives into the intelligence of the three brains — head, heart, and gut — revealing how greater alignment...

In this episode we speak with Geoff Graber about the evolving role of coaching in a world shaped by systemic disruption, exploring how business can become a vehicle for service, humanity, and deeper purpose. Together we unpack the transformative potential of AI, looking at how it can help us improve our coaching and our businesses, as well as the deeper invitation for humanity in a world where tec...

In this episode of the Coaches Rising podcast, we speak with Barrett Brooks about the hidden inner struggles many creative leaders face, the deeper questions that emerge in times of transition, and how presence, grief, and values-based alignment can reshape both leadership and ambition. Together we explore the edge of provocative coaching, the challenge of client resistance, and the practical path...

In this episode of the podcast we speak with Charlie Awbery about the unfolding edge where developmental theory, embodied presence, and contemplative practice meet. Together we explore the move from cerebral understanding to somatic intelligence, the integration of Vajrayana and developmental approaches, and the subtle art of facilitating conversations that awaken awareness, welcome the self, and...

leadership as a practice of deep listening—to self, to others, and to the wider field of life itself. Together, we explore intuition, shadow and emergence, and the delicate dance between fear and calling, revealing how presence opens a gateway to inner truth and the unfolding intelligence of our times. For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-...

In this weeks’ conversation with Adam Klein we explore coaching through the lens of becoming, inviting a wider field of creative possibility where presence, spaciousness, and freedom allow a client’s essence and purpose to emerge. We reflect on key coaching moves that cultivate this unfolding, from emptying our own vessel as practitioners to inviting clients into creative participation and action...

In this episode of the podcast with Staci Haines we explore how somatic awareness can deepen social justice work by helping us recognize the cultural conditioning, polarization, and systemic biases that shape our bodies, relationships, and institutions. It invites us to move beyond “power-over” dynamics toward more human, relational forms of “power-with,” cultivating daily practices of cultural in...

In this episode with Robert Digings we explore how teams become truly effective by strengthening the relational web; the often-unspoken dynamics that shape trust, intimacy and coherence at work. Robert shares key aspects of the journey of fostering honest check-ins, working skillfully with core emotions, and creating the conditions for deeper connection, authenticity and collective intelligence in...

In this week’s conversation with Tara Springett we dive into the nine stages of consciousness and how they evolve, tools for ethical manifesting, practices to expand awareness, and guidance on navigating spiritual crises. We also look at the hallmarks of spiritual awakening and how to work with people in spiritual crises. For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesris...

In this deeply human conversation with Elena Tochilina, Vytautas Buciunas and Dana Carmen we dive into what life in Ukraine is like in the midst of war, reflecting on the profound human impact of conflict and the resilience that emerges when spirituality, nervous system awareness, and inner work are tested by reality.  For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising...

In this weeks’ conversation with Lisa Doig we explore how conscious transformation unfolds through examining our values and beliefs, learning to dis-identify from outdated patterns, and understanding the deeper wholeness of our experience across the seven levels of consciousness. Together we explore the role of the coach in helping people metabolize triggers, reconnect with intuition and core valu...

In this conversation with Marvin Oka we explore neurobehavioral modelling as a lens for understanding change, leadership, and learning, examining the tension between stability and integration, the four types of change, and the cognitive capacities - such as metacognition and generative inquiry - required for second-order leadership. Moving from theory into practice, the episode explores leadership...

In this conversation with Nicholas Janni and Amy Elizabeth Fox, we discuss some of the core topics of their new book, “Leading in Chaos”. We explore what it means to lead in chaotic times — returning from exile, cultivating the frequency of hope, and learning how to bring real change into organizations. We move through awareness practices, enabling meaningful conversations, directive versus facili...

In this conversation with Jeremy D. Johnson we explore how integral futuring can help us navigate the temporal complexity of the polycrisis and restore a living relationship with the future. Together we look at the practices of tending latent possibilities, weaving time, and cultivating the anticipatory desire that fuels meaningful cultural transformation. For more resources, visit the podcast epi...

In this week’s conversation with Rebecca Hinds we unpack why so many meetings drain energy instead of generating clarity and momentum, exploring the rhythm and timing of effective gatherings, meeting triage and the “Four D” test, and how effective brainstorming actually works. We dive into designing and optimising meetings (and asynchronous communication), the foundations of healthy meeting cultur...

In a solo episode with Joel Monk, he reflects deeply on a timely question facing coaches today: Why is embodied coaching not just relevant, but truly essential for the times we’re living in? Learn why navigating life with our rational mind alone is no longer enough, and how it actually cuts us off from a vast web of deeper, embodied intelligence. Plus, get two simple exercises that you can start d...

Today’s conversation with Christina Congleton we explore the depth and breadth of human potential in a time of profound invitation and struggle, weaving in developmental psychology, coaching practice, and the wider economic and neoliberal forces shaping the metacrisis we’re experiencing.  For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-edge-of-develo...

In this conversation with Jordan Gruber we dive into the “symphony of selves”; where our inner parts come from, how they evolve, whether a single “Super Self” exists, and the concept of “right mind at the right time”. Weaving together pragmatism, mysticism, and microdosing, the episode examines how working consciously with parts (and carefully chosen dosages) can support healing, insight, and impr...

has become so difficult in an era of systemic collapse, and how leadership must evolve from individual authority to a collective, values-driven practice rooted in inner work, love, and shared meaning. Together, we reflect on the power of story, the re-integration of the feminine to restore balance, the search for a worldview that serves all life, and what the current state of AI and large language...